fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
two persons; two people; pair; couple
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to sit silently at a meeting
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
police; police officer; police station
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
(police) detective; criminal matter
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to be called; to do
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
perfect; complete; flawless
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
place; room; margin; scope